After a parrot makes fun of Sooki’s big ears, long nose, and wrinkled skin, the “saggy baggy” elephant isn’t too sure of himself. But once he meets some beautiful creatures who look just like him, Sooki celebrates with a joyful “one-two-three-kick.” For over 50 years, parents and children have treasured this tale, with gorgeous art by Gustaf Tenggren, the illustrator of The Poky Little Puppy.
25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way In this book, master teacher Geraldine Woods unpacks powerful examples of what she instead prefers to define as “the smallest element differentiating one writer’s style from another’s, a literary universe in a grain of sand.” And that universe is very large: the hundreds of memorable sentences gathered here come from sources as wide-ranging as Edith Wharton and Yogi Berra, Toni Morrison and Yoda, T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx. This is a book that will be treasured by word nerds and language enthusiasts, writers who want to hone their craft, literature lovers, and readers of everything from song lyrics and speeches to novels and poetry.
Poems, splendid works of art, and historical photographs are brought together in this beautiful volume for young readers. Selections range from the anonymous "This Little Piggy" to "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur. Charles Sullivan's selections of the best in American art and poetry make this a book to be treasured in every family library. 80 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color.
Emma Bean, a rabbit sewn from old dress scraps, shares a child's most special moments in the adventure of living--she is tossed about, hugged, tastes food first, left out in rain, patched, kissed and treasured, as the author describes a celebration of love and sharing.
With his marvelous sense of the absurd, Lewis Carroll’s whimsical, fantastical tale delighted children and adults when it was first published in 1865 and has since become a treasured classic of literature. Read By Cora Mc'Donald.
